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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Not Used Enough, James Harden & Chandler Parson Too Much
The Houston Rockets keep crashing on the wall called the Oklahoma City Thunder, playing the wrong kind of basketball in trying to beat them. Jeremy Lin gets wasted with minimal minutes while James Harden and Chandler Parsons do nothing but try to show the world they can compete with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in scoring, which they can’t.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Forced to Watch James Harden Doing Too Much
There’s nothing wrong with losing after an 8-game win streak, especially on the road to a good team like the Golden State Warriors. But the Houston Rockets could have extended it a bit further if Jeremy Lin would have been more involved, instead of having forced to stand in the corner and watch James Harden do almost everything, while Patrick Beverley shows once again what an unreliable offensive player he is.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Telling James Harden What to Do
Two things that will stand out from the Houston Rockets beating the Washington Wizards – James Harden hitting a game winning layup and Jeremy Lin taking over the timeout talk and drawing board from Kevin McHale, as the winning streak keeps going forward.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Teaches James Harden a Thing or Two
Many times statistics don’t tell the whole story, and even though Jeremy Lin didn’t put up the most impressive of stat lines, it was his presence that made the Houston Rockets play their best basketball in a dominant fourth quarter, while James Harden sat it out entirely, watching from the bench, hopefully taking some pointers.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Not Playing Makes Jeremy Lin & Everyone Else Better
The Houston Rockets can play better defense and avoid late collapses like this in the future, but the writing is on the wall once again: Jeremy Lin as a point guard without interruptions is great for Dwight Howard and this entire team, that hopefully will finally learn something from this opportunity they’re getting by seeing James Harden sit on the sidelines with an injury.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Suffering From James Harden & Kevin McHale Syndrome
If anyone needed more proof that the Houston Rockets aren’t headed in the right direction by benching Jeremy Lin & giving James Harden complete control over the team, the Houston Rockets losing to the Memphis Grizzlies was an excellent example of the awful work Kevin McHale is doing with this team, ruining special shooting night from Chandler Parsons.
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Houston Rockets – Chandler Parsons Stars as Jeremy Lin Gets Used to Previous Role
The Houston Rockets put on their best offensive performance of the season, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 126-113, as Chandler Parsons had his best game of the year, aided by a strong performance from James Harden and Dwight Howard, while Jeremy Lin got wasted in a sixth man role because of Patrick Beverley returning.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Can Do Things Jeremy Lin Can’t
When it does work for James Harden; that tendency to eliminate the options of passing to teammates, it makes him look like one of the best players in the NBA, even though that the team players its best basketball when Jeremy Lin is the one handling the ball and playing as the actual point guard.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Finish What Dwight Howard Started
For quite some time, it seemed like the big man duel between Dwight Howard and Anthony Davis was going to decide the outcome of the game between the Houston Rockets and the New Orleans Pelicans. However, Jeremy Lin seemed to be saving his best for the fourth quarter, and with quite a lot of help from James Harden pulled their team away for the victory.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Starting to Rub Off on James Harden
The Houston Rockets seem to be learning something new about themselves every day. Their latest lesson? It’s possible for James Harden to play like a team player and do well individually at the same time, maybe taking a page or two from the Jeremy Lin book, which obviously benefited the team in a 100-92 win.